I’m going to get real with you all right now. Writing a novel while trying to balance kids stuck in their home environment all day, while still trying to work and do my own hobbies . . . is tough. Like, really, really tough. I made a goal to...

He didn’t move. He didn’t listen. In fact, he stepped closer. The feeling going through my body was like it had been in the autopsy suite. I’d always been able to control it. Always been able to turn it oﬀ if I wanted, but I couldn’t anymore....

I picture this song more like background music from the Tavern’s jukebox. Then, when they have their moment before she tries to leave, the volume cranks a bit, and the song is in the moment. His head was down and his ﬁngers lightly tapped the table. As I approached,...

I looked above me as ﬁreﬂies swarmed around us. I lifted a copper cup and a few ﬁreﬂies landed inside, so I cupped the top with my hand to keep them from ﬂying away. “They’re so pretty, Papa,” I said, and my vision came back to the beat of...

I turned back to Caleb and slowly wrapped my arms around his waist. The world seemed to slow down as I wiped a single tear rolling down my face, and a sudden coldness hit me at my core. I looked up at him. “Why?”...

I closed my eyes tightly, but this time, I focused on the trees outside the walls of the house. I saw their branches reaching for the windows, and they hovered there, shaking and waiting for my command....